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Christian Thielemann & Wiener Philharmoniker - Bruckner: 11 Symphonies (2023)

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Christian Thielemann & Wiener Philharmoniker - Bruckner: 11 Symphonies (2023)

Christian Thielemann & Wiener Philharmoniker - Bruckner: 11 Symphonies (2023)
WEB FLAC (Tracks) 2,49 GB | Cover | 11:11:40 | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 1,5 GB
Classical, Symphonies | Label: Sony Classical

The Vienna Philharmonic and Christian Thielemann present the new complete recording of all Bruckner symphonies for the anniversary year 2024 for Sony Classical.

The Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst - Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 (2023)

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The Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst - Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 (2023)

The Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst - Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 (2023)
WEB FLAC (Tracks +Digital Booklet) 207 MB | Cover | 42:54 | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 105 MB
Classical, Symphonies | Label: Cleveland Orchestra

Written during the final months of World War II, Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5 was described by the composer as “a symphony of the greatness of the human spirit, a song of praise of free and happy mankind.” While these words must be taken with a grain of salt — more likely to have been generated by an apparatchik than Prokofiev himself — melody,
rhythmic invention, and unfettered delight abound within this beloved work. The 1945 premiere, a runaway success, marked the highpoint of Prokofiev’s career in the Soviet Union.

Sinfonia Of London, John Wilson - Vaughan Williams, Howells, Delius, Elgar: Music for Strings (2023)

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Sinfonia Of London, John Wilson - Vaughan Williams, Howells, Delius, Elgar: Music for Strings (2023)

Sinfonia Of London, John Wilson - Vaughan Williams, Howells, Delius, Elgar: Music for Strings (2023)
WEB FLAC (Tracks) 274 MB | Cover | 01:06:01 | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 152 MB
Classical, Symphonies | Label: Chandos

This keenly anticipated album from Sinfonia of London and John Wilson features two of the greatest British works for string orchestra: Ralph Vaughan Williams’s Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, and Sir Edward Elgar’s Introduction and Allegro. Elgar’s ground-breaking work, commissioned for the newly formed London Symphony Orchestra and premièred in 1905, is inspired by the baroque concerto grosso, and features a solo string quartet contrasted with the full symphonic string section.

Berliner Philharmoniker, Christian Thielemann - Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 (2022)

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Berliner Philharmoniker, Christian Thielemann - Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 (2022)

Berliner Philharmoniker, Christian Thielemann - Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 (2022)
WEB FLAC (Tracks) 263 MB | Cover | 01:10:34 | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 162 MB
Classical, Symphonies | Label: Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings

Dieses Konzert wird Geschichte schreiben. Vielleicht als dasjenige, mit dem der Grundstein für eine neue Partnerschaft gelegt wurde, die man sich nie hätte träumen lassen.

The Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst - Richard Strauss: Three Tone Poems (2022)

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The Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst - Richard Strauss: Three Tone Poems (2022)

The Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst - Richard Strauss: Three Tone Poems (2022)
WEB FLAC (Tracks) 220 MB | Cover | 45:42 | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 106 MB
Classical, Symphonies | Label: Cleveland Orchestra

Strauss wrote a total of nine tone poems — orchestral works that depict a storyline. Don Juan and Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks are among his earliest successes and became instant hits with audiences worldwide. These Cleveland Orchestra recordings were captured in September and October 2021 with live audiences in Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center in Cleveland. All three were featured in a series of donor appreciation concerts, while Macbeth was also included in the season's opening weekend, the Orchestra's first public indoor performances since the coronavirus shutdown in March 2020.

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester - Haydn: The Complete Symphonies, Part 2 [37CDs] (2009)

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Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester - Haydn: The Complete Symphonies, Part 2 [37CDs] (2009)

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester - Haydn: The Complete Symphonies - The First Symphonies written for Prince Esterházy (2009)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 2.16 Gb | Total time: 07:57:40 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Sony Classical | # 744331 | Recorded: 1998-2008

This 37-disc box set is the only brand new and fully digital recording of the complete symphonies of Haydn. Performed by the Stuttgarter Kammerorchester (Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra) and conducted by Dennis Russell Davies, the recordings were done live in connection with concerts of the whole cycle. The series received fantastic reviews by the press, and The Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra was awarded the European Chamber Music Prize in 2008.

Ensemble Mezzo & Ye'ela Avital - Fiori musicali: Songs & Dances of the 16th & 17th Centuries (2021)

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Ensemble Mezzo & Ye'ela Avital - Fiori musicali: Songs & Dances of the 16th & 17th Centuries (2021)

Ensemble Mezzo & Ye'ela Avital - Fiori musicali: Songs & Dances of the 16th & 17th Centuries (2021)
FLAC tracks / MP3 320 kbps | 58:10 | 285 / 133 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Stradivarius

This album includes a carefully curated selection of Renaissance and early Baroque gems. Lightly skirting the fluid boundaries between high art music and folk music in early modern Europe, much of the vocal music presented here demonstrates the grace and charm with which even the most erudite and famed composers applied their craft to popular song and dance. The instrumental music further reiterates the centrality of dance music in the 16th and 17th centuries, whether explicitly or as a rhythmic and formal underpinning. Above all, while skillfully composed by master musicians, the music is infused by musical cultures existing beyond the Church and court. At first glance unrelated, but a more discerning gaze will uncover the fine thread of cultural exchange between high art music and popular musical traditions running throughout the album.

Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Jakub Hrusa - Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat Major, WAB 104 "Romantic" (The 3 Versions) (2021)

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Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Jakub Hrusa - Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat Major, WAB 104 "Romantic" (The 3 Versions) (2021)

Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Jakub Hrusa - Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat Major, WAB 104 "Romantic" (The 3 Versions) (2021)
FLAC tracks | 4:34:09 | 1 Gb
Genre: Classical / Label: Accentus Music

Bruckner’s Fourth Symphony occupies a special position in Anton Bruckner's symphonic cycle. It heralds the cycle of his "mature" symphonies and with it the composer addressed his audience directly and wanted to be understood by them. He succeeded in this - today the “Romantic” is one of Bruckner's most popular symphonies. Still, he revised it time and again and today there are three versions of it.

Daniel Heide - Beethoven: Sonatas, Vol. 1 (2021)

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Daniel Heide - Beethoven: Sonatas, Vol. 1 (2021)

Daniel Heide - Beethoven: Sonatas, Vol. 1 (2021)
FLAC tracks | 64:38 | 178 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: CAvi-music

The home of my mother – a pianist and singer herself – was where I first came in contact with Beethoven’s piano sonatas. Several of her piano students from Weimar Conservatory often came to take lessons or visit us in our apartment. Curiously, instead of popular sonatas such as the Pathétique or the Appassionata, we tended to hear other ones: I still vividly recall Sonata No. 30 in E Major op. 109, on which my mother was working with a student to whom I had taken a liking.

Cristina Grifone, Musica Fiorita, Daniela Dolci - Torri: Trastulli & Arias - Entertainment for the Bavarian Court (2021)

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Cristina Grifone, Musica Fiorita, Daniela Dolci - Torri: Trastulli & Arias - Entertainment for the Bavarian Court (2021)

Cristina Grifone, Musica Fiorita, Daniela Dolci - Torri: Trastulli & Arias - Entertainment for the Bavarian Court (2021)
FLAC tracks / MP3 320 kbps | 1:17:14 | 392 / 177 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Pan Classics

Pietro Torri's (1650-1737) life and work are closely connected with the Bavarian Elector Max Emanuel, whom he served for almost half a century. The monarch loved a pompous court with elaborately staged operas and festive cantatas. Torri provided the music, composing almost 20 operas and a large number of sacred and secular works for the Bavarian court, making Munich one of the great musical centers north of the Alps alongside Vienna. A special feature of Torri's oeuvre are his Trastulli (literally: time-wasting, playfulness) - a collection of 60 Italian arias with partly obligatory virtuoso instrumental interludes for evening entertainment in private court circles.
Daniela Dolci has compiled a selection of Trastulli into a pastiche and combined it with virtuoso opera arias by Torri. The program gives a wonderful insight into the work of the opera and vocal composer Pietro Torri.

La Lira di Orfeo, Luca Guglielmi - Aci, Galatea e Polifemo, HWV 72 (Reconstr. R. Pe & F. Longo) (2021)

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La Lira di Orfeo, Luca Guglielmi - Aci, Galatea e Polifemo, HWV 72 (Reconstr. R. Pe & F. Longo) (2021)

La Lira di Orfeo, Luca Guglielmi - Aci, Galatea e Polifemo, HWV 72 (Reconstr. R. Pe & F. Longo) (2021)
FLAC tracks / MP3 320 kbps | 1:23:00 | 191 / 377 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Glossa

For a production at the King's Theatre, Handel had created a mixed version of his Italian serenata Aci, Galatea e Polifemo HWV 72 and the English masque Acis and Galatea HWV 49a, which was performed semi-staged several times in 1732 with a star cast (including Senesino) to great acclaim. For today's ears, the musically attractive version HWV 49b suffers not least from the mixture of English and Italian text. In keeping with Handel's intentions, a purely Italian version was created here with additions from Italian works by the composer. The result is as convincing musically as it is scenically and would have deserved its own number in the catalogue of works.

Paolo Perrone - Gasparini, Bacci & Others: Alto Arias (2021)

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Paolo Perrone - Gasparini, Bacci & Others: Alto Arias (2021)

Paolo Perrone - Gasparini, Bacci & Others: Alto Arias (2021)
FLAC tracks | 64:37 | 334 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Glossa

Francesco Gasparini was held in high esteem by his contemporaries, as can be easily seen from his curriculum vitae: In Rome he was in the service of the great patrons of the arts Cardinal Pamphili, Marchese Ruspoli and the Borghese family, and in between he was music director at the Ospedale della Pietà in Venice for twelve years, at the same time as Antonio Vivaldi. Gasparini wrote a total of almost 60 operas and nearly 30 oratorios, which were performed in many Italian cities. The countertenor Filippo Mineccia has cherry-picked the repertoire that suits his voice and presents a portrait of Gasparini's alto arias. He was very careful to select arias with different affects in order to present Gasparini's broad dramatic palette. Slow arias are interspersed with furioso pieces and contrapuntal pieces. Particularly brilliant are the rage arias, in which Mineccia is able to display all his vocal prowess. In the richly orchestrated and harmonically exciting arias from Gasparini's oratorios, the Orchestra Nazionale Barocca dei Conservatori Italiani can shine with its qualities.

Alina Adamski, Agata Schmidt, Capella Bydgostiensis & Mariusz Smolij - Paderewski: Songs and Mélodies - Suite in G Major (2021)

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Alina Adamski, Agata Schmidt, Capella Bydgostiensis & Mariusz Smolij - Paderewski: Songs and Mélodies - Suite in G Major (2021)

Alina Adamski, Agata Schmidt, Capella Bydgostiensis & Mariusz Smolij - Paderewski: Songs and Mélodies - Suite in G Major (2021)
FLAC tracks / MP3 320 kbps | 1:11:18 | 326 / 163 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Naxos

Although Paderewski is more readily associated with his career as a legendary virtuoso pianist, his modest output of 70 orchestral, instrumental and vocal works deserves to be more widely known. Prominent among his vocal output is a series of early songs that reveal natural flowing patterns while exploring both melancholy and folk idioms. The Douze Mélodies, written at the end of his compositional career, is the most original and striking Polish set of songs of the period, notable for dissonance, chromaticism and a palette of rich and unusual musical colours, to which this orchestral arrangement adds a whole new dimension. Little known, the early Suite in G major offers youthful warmth and brio.

David Bernard & Park Avenue Chamber Symphony - Sounds of America: Barber, Copland and Bernstein (2021)

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David Bernard & Park Avenue Chamber Symphony - Sounds of America: Barber, Copland and Bernstein (2021)

David Bernard & Park Avenue Chamber Symphony - Sounds of America: Barber, Copland and Bernstein (2021)
FLAC tracks / MP3 320 kbps | 1:13:48 | 339 / 169 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Recursive Classics

Nothing comes quite as close, musically speaking that is, to reaching at the core of America quite like the ballet Appalachian Spring by Aaron Copland (1900-1990). Despite having received his formal musical training in Paris under Nadia Boulanger and living in Brooklyn, he's the composer who captures best the "big sky country" spirit of America, especially in works like Billy the Kid, Fanfare for the Common Man, Rodeo and his score for Of Mice and Men. The "outdoorsy" and folksy feel of Appalachian Spring, typical of Copland's open intervals and harmonic structure, have caused it to become one of the best representations of American culture. Conductor David Bernard's relaxed tempo for the Introduction allows for the dawn's natural unfolding, before the full-blown awakening of nature which follows. The agrestic, corn-pone manner within the Revivalist and His Flock segment comes across well here, as well as the energetic, multi-layered rhythms of the Solo Dance of the Bride. The following Meno Mosso recapitulation of the opening sequence is highly expressive as well. The brisk tempo of the Variations on a Shaker Hymn (Simple Gifts) works very well here, and the Coda, as the sun sets in the west is heartfelt, warm and highly evocative.

Jennifer Koh - Bach & Beyond [5CD] (2021)

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Jennifer Koh - Bach & Beyond [5CD] (2021)

Jennifer Koh - Bach & Beyond [5CD] (2021)
FLAC tracks | 04:16:05 | 1,19 Gb
Genre: Classical / Label: Cedille

Hailed as an “epic traversal of solo violin repertoire” and a “monumental achievement” (Chicago Tribune), American violinist Jennifer Koh’s complete Bach & Beyond recordings, pairing J.S. Bach’s violin sonatas and partitas with 20th- and 21st-century works inspired by Bach’s groundbreaking masterpieces, are now available in a convenient, economical boxed set offering all three albums for the price of two. AllMusic said, “Koh’s series is highly recommended to those in search of an experience that will reward repeated hearings.” Audiophile Audition called it a “remarkable three-disc effort, recommended to all with a good degree of urgency.”